{"product_id":"tolstoy-what-is-art-paperback","title":"Tolstoy: What Is Art? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. N. Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eW. Gareth Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eW. Gareth Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Volume Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth critics and admirers of Tolstoy's great novel were shocked by the savage iconoclasm of his \u003ci\u003eWhat is Art?\u003c\/i\u003e when it appeared in 1898. How was it that this great artist could condemn the works of Shakespeare, Raphael, Beethoven and even his own \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e as 'false art'? Today's reader still has to grapple with that paradox. The essay still has power to challenge and provoke, for it was written by a giant who took art seriously while western civilisation toyed with it as a mere pastime. For Tolstoy, art was as natural and as necessary for humankind as speech. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his introduction to this translation, W. Gareth Jones shows how vitally Tolstoy's personality and experience of life were engaged in creating \u003ci\u003eWhat is Art?\u003c\/i\u003e, how integral the essay was to his art and teaching, and why it continues to demand a response from us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW. Gareth Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Russian at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTolstoi and Britain \u003c\/i\u003e(1995), and \u003ci\u003eNikolay Novikov: Enlightener of Russia \u003c\/i\u003e(2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47835572994296,"sku":"9781853993817","price":58.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/qIlx9YF5gF9781853993817.webp?v=1783351676","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/tolstoy-what-is-art-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}